Sigurdsson spent the second half of last season on loan at Swansea City before opting to join Spurs over Liverpool this summer, while the Belgian defender's transfer from Ajax was a drawn-out affair.

"It's been amazing," Vertonghen told the club's official website. "The manager, the staff, the players; everyone has helped me. I'm so happy to play for Spurs.

"Off the pitch, the lads have been fantastic," his new Icelandic team-mate added. "It's been easy to join in and get used to being around them.

"Going away from England and being around them 24/7 has obviously helped that, especially for me and Jan coming into the group. We've all gelled well.

"Overall it's been very good, we've trained a lot, got a lot of fitness work in and played three tough games."

Sigurdsson played a starring role in Tottenham's 2-1 win against New York Red Bulls in their final game of the tour, setting up Gareth Bale and scoring a trademark spectacular strike as Spurs came from a goal down to win the Barclays New York Cup.

He added: "It was a good goal and good to set up Gareth as well. It was a nice strike and great to win the game.

"We want to win every game and get into the habit of winning every game. It was great to finish [the tour] with a win."